A Chicago teenager has been charged with felony burglary to a school in connection with two break-ins at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette in which more than $40,000 in computer and electrical equipment was stolen, police said.

A Palm Beach County School District employee is accused of stealing school laptops for himself and his children, according to an arrest report.
School District police said Steven Brucella, 51, stole three laptops between February and March. He works...

The following items were taken from Wilmette police reports:
A woman told police Sept. 11 that her father in the 1000 block of Manor Street was a victim of fraud after he wired money to Jamaica under the belief that he was paying for attorney fees for...

For the second time in four months, Wilmette authorities are looking for answers after someone broke into Baker Demonstration School and stole 26 laptop computers and vandalized classrooms, officials said.
According to Wilmette police reports, someone...

The following items were taken from Highland Park police reports:
A Liverpool, N.Y., man, 23, was charged with speeding near Half Day and Skokie Valley roads, at 8:23 p.m. Oct. 20.
A Glencoe man, 51, was charged with driving under the influence and no...

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The following items were gathered from Oak Park police reports:
A man 30 to 35 years old and wearing a fishermen's white floppy hat robbed the Circle K Shell, 401 Madison St., at gunpoint of $175 at 9:45 p.m. Aug. 26. The man fled east on Madison.
Two men ages 18 to 20, using a fake handgun, tried to rob two men behind a garage in an alley on the 300 block of North Austin Boulevard at 9:45 a.m. Aug. 25. The first robber took what looked like a black semiautomatic gun from his waist, pointed it at...

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible.
Two people seated on a bench in the Loch Raven Plaza were robbed at gunpoint on June 4, police reports state. According to the report, the pair were approached at the shopping center in the 800 block of Tyalor Avenue by two armed men at about 11:30 p.m. and robbed of an iPhone and headphones.
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March 28
Identity theft: 4500 block of Leata Lane. A woman contacted police to report that sometime between Jan. 15 and March 1, someone had illegally filed her 2013 tax return with the IRS. She received a tax return check, through she had not filed her taxes and hadn't authorized anyone else to do so. She returned the check with an identity theft affidavit to clear her and her husband of wrongdoing.
March 31
Burglary, residential: 4900 block of Oakwood Avenue. Police responded to a...

A deaf puppy taken in a burglary last month has been returned to its owners, police said.
Baltimore County police Corp. John Wachter confirmed that Thor, a deaf white pit bull whose ears fold above his head, had been returned to couple Mike Lenhart and Anna Hiken on Tuesday. Thor was taken from his crate and stolen from their home in the 2400 block of Chetwood Circle on March 13, along with a 55-inch flat screen television, a PlayStation 3, a MacBook Pro and other electronics, police said.
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Baltimore County Police have charged two men in connection with the theft of a deaf pit bull puppy from a Timonium apartment.
According to a news release, the suspects are Mark Tyrone Gibson, 37, of the 800 block of N. Broadway St. and William Terrell Hudson, 33, of the 4300 block of Roberton Ave. Both have been charged with first-degree burglary and theft from $1,000 to under $10,000, court documents show.
Police said Wednesday afternoon that they were being held at the Baltimore County Detention...

Ten days have gone by since a Baltimore County couple had their 13-week-old deaf puppy stolen during a burglary, and they continue to pass out fliers, raise money for a reward and hope that Thor will be returned unharmed.
"That's our family," said Mike Lenhart. "We want our family back."
On March 13, Anna Hiken returned to her Timonium apartment to find it ransacked. Missing was a 55-inch flat screen television, a PlayStation 3, a MacBook Pro, other electronics and Thor, the puppy Lenhart had gotten her...